washboard
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːʃbɔːrd/
- Archaic
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- Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day
- clothes on the washboard
- rubbed against a washboard
Examples
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Women haul their baskets to the nearest river or carry water inside, pound the clothes clean on the rocks or washboards, and spread them in the sun to bleach and dry.
Academic text (2002) -
In her mother's house, she would no longer have to do the wash on the washboard.
Fiction book (2001) -
She washed our clothes on a washboard.
Fiction book (2001) -
Clothes were washed in a wash bucket by hauling water from the creek or well, scrubbed on a washboard, and hung to dry.
Blog text (34) -
She scrubbed her family's clothes on a washboard to get them clean.
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Using a washboard made it easier to remove tough stains from the fabric.
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To wash the blankets, he placed them on the washboard and scrubbed vigorously.
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Morphology
Etymology
The word washboard for laundry is also simply wash + board, where wash means 'to clean with water'. A washboard has a ridged surface to rub dirt out of clothes, so it is literally a board for washing.